JUST TRY ONE THING AT A TIME!!! Think about this in terms of “stages of Web 2.0 development!” This in an investigation level stage…comfort and usage will come later!
Shmoop - Mega Resources for Literature and History - geared toward both students AND teachers. Really awesome website!
Shmoop - Mega Resources for Literature and History - geared toward both students AND teachers. Really awesome website!
Flickr - Save and share your photos.
Aviary - Creation Station! Edit photos, audio, take screen shots--lots of creative opportunities here!
Etherpad - Work together in real time!
BigHugeLabs - Lots of creative applications, including the Motivator Poster Maker!
Storybird - Write from pictures you select from the many sets of artwork available. Very creative website!
Lots of Web 2.0 Resources from Bill Ferriter (@plugusin)
Best Audio / Visual Tools
Learning Network Contributions to Collaborative Tech Wiki
Google Squared - Research Tool from Google
The Differentiator - Helps you write behavioral objectives.
DROPBox - Online file storage, like a virtual flash drive with up to 5 MB of space!
XtraNORMAL - If you can type, then you can make a movie!
100 Awesome Websites
Glogster - Create interactive online posters.
MagMyPic - Use your photos to make fun magazine covers.
Mindomo - Online Mind Mapping
Doppelme - Create a Dynamic Avatar!
SimpsonizeMe - Create a Simpson's Style Avatar!
Shidonni.com - Bring your drawings to life!
Hairmixer - Try a new 'do on you!
Voki - Avatars and Characters that speak! (This one is cool!)
Retroland - Visit your Youth, again and again and again...
6 Traits Lessons - A Collection of lessons to go with Picture books / 6 +1 Traits (HERE's another 6 traits site)
Blog Post with LOTS of 6 Traits Resources (Thanks, Angela!)
More Educational Fun - A collection of fun links!
Animoto - Create Movie Trailers from your pictures!
VodPod - Collect your favorite videos from the web.
Zamzar.com and Converttube.com - Convert videos from the internet and save them on your computer.
35 Family Friendly Sites
K-5 Web 2.0 Stuff
VoiceThread - Narrate your pics/slideshows online.
http://yearbookyourself.com/ - (Thanks, Jackie!)
http://www.faceinhole.com/us/ - Funny picture site.
http://www.wordle.net - cool site that mixes words into cool posters.
Scribd - Share documents in a visual & viewabl e format.
Slideshare or Slideboom – Share Powerpoint presentations.
Youtube Videos
iGoogle Widgets – Search for and embed any sort of available Google Content Widgets.
Animoto – Share a movie trailer version of your pictures.
Surveys (Such as Google Forms or SurveyMonkey)
Slideshows (With Flickr or Picasa ) – Share slideshows of your pictures easily.
Revolver Maps instead of Clustr Maps to show where your web traffic is coming from.
Autposting Links you save in Diigo
Goodreads or Shelfari – Share personal and/or professional books in an online library. You can also share your “Google Library.”
Vuvox – An alternative Presentation Tool.
Prezi – Another alternative Presentation Tool